Emily visited for a weekend not too long ago for a photoshoot! I had wanted to do her makeup and take photos of her Seth outfit since I felt that I hadn't had a chance to capture it as much as I would have liked! Thankfully, she was able to make it down to my house (we live states apart!!) and we had quite a bit of fun for the weekend ~
First we have the before and after! If you aren't amazed by how she got all that thick, long hair under that short wig, you should start being amazed!!
I didn't want to cover her beauty mark - the character may not have it, but I just never wanted to cover it or edit it out; I like it too much!
All the photos for this set are taken right in my backyard. There isn't any commotion and no one gets in the way of the shot so I figured it'd be the best place to start!
I'm the editor and photographer of all the photos, but I didn't have to do much work - she already looks so good!
I tried to have a mix of seriousness and playfulness with the photos to exhibit the characters personality and Emily went along with it very well! I didn't have to give much direction and she wasn't afraid to give me her ideas which I love in a model.
Examples of some of the more playful shots we took! We have blooper shots of course, but these I really loved her attitude and we had fun taking these ~
This is probably one of my favourite shots out of all that we took. She looks stunning and I was able to edit my house out of the background so I hold a certain pride with it. I would really love a print of this one.
I think this is one of the best looks at her eyes with the colour change - she had requested I edit her eye colour for Seth and that was easy enough, but it wasn't as prominent in other photos because the focus was her full body instead of her face. This is also a good example of the serious side of Seth!
A few of the more regal shots were she held herself very well and posed very nicely for me. I'm glad we got enough pictures of her with the hat because problems arose with that later in the weekend lol
A nice shot of the back detail on her coat - I was so excited when she showed me that she could wear the coat on its own - I'd be in it all the time if I were her hahaha
Overall, I think this turned out to be a beautiful shoot and it was so wonderful seeing Emily outside of a convention!
For the rest of the photos, go to my deviantart
photos will be posted there soon!
Love you guys and thanks for reading!!
Hachi <3
Ahhh I never fully finished my vest project (I need to finish sewing the lining to the vest around the armholes and just haven't gotten around to it for whatever reason lol) and despite it not being an expansive amount of time, Ohayocon has already come and gone and I haven't even shown you guys photos!
Ohayocon 2013 was January 18th through 20th; this is my second attendance, my first being 2010 for Saturday only, and this was Taka's first Ohayocon experience! For class and badge pickup that Friday, I dressed as Isabella Yamamoto from Paradise Kiss (Live Action) by raiding my closet and wearing one of my newer wigs while Taka did a thrown together Ruki of the GazettE look - we wanted to be comfortable but still feel personally cool lol. Saturday and Sunday were the days we wore our planned costumes, Flandre Scarlet and Patchouli Knowledge from Touhou 6: Embodiment of the Scarlet Devil. We would have had a Remilia Scarlet, but our friend who had begun to commission us for the costume (and even purchased the contacts and wig) couldn't afford the costume nor the badge price so the poor dear couldn't even attend. I think I would have enjoyed being Remilia had our friend not planned to, but I'm still happy that I was Patchouli.
Despite enjoying the cosplay, I had some issues with it that had me
panicking last minute and/or have me bothered even now. First issue I
have is the stripes - the underlayer of the dress I did, I had sewn the
stripes and skirt pieces together but found it to be too tedious so I
tried fabric spray paint. Needless to say, it bled and caused me a lot
of stress which led to taking the light pink fabric and dying it to a
purple that was darker than the overcoat. I nearly cried because of how
awful I thought it looked, but when I had it on the dress form and took a
photo, the stripes didn't look nearly as bad (I recently acquired my
dress form and am hugely thankful for it, especially after working with
Patchouli's dress). The second issue is the sleep bonnet which merely
bothers me because I feel it's too small (while Taka feels hers is too big lol). I've been thinking of ways I
can make it larger with the fabric I have left and I have an idea in the
works, but we'll just have to wait and see - the friend who attended the convention with us took these photos and wants to get better ones when spring comes around.
Patchouli took 14.5 yards of lace, 11 yards of fabric for the bonnet, overcoat, capelet, and boots, 7 yards of fabric for the dress and a foot or so of ribbon (along with random bits of elastic and felt lol). Taka thrifted the blouse and already had the white skirt/petticoat beneath the red skirt from a previous project. I believe she purchased 6 yards of red, 3 yards of white and a yard of yellow? (I used to know, but now forget lol). The wings are set on a backpack harness and made of wire, Christmas lights [oh yes they do light up!], and glossed/painted tissue paper while the gems are made from plastic folders and acrylic paint. Her father helped her with the wings and I think they did an amazing job - so many people stopped her, even those who don't know the series.
Some singles in which my face is covered because my wig and face were being goofy lol
In more recent events, I finally went ahead and bleached my hair - I had decided on doing my hair and makeup but it took me a week or two to actually get around to it. The photo pictured was taken Thursday February 7th
FIT 110 and a mix of halloween white cream makeup were used for the foundation
Maybelline cream liner, black shadow and black pencil liner were used on my lips and eyes
a Maybelline palette was used for contouring my nose and brows
teasing brush and nylon brush with a flat iron to flip out some layers - my hair had slightly fallen for this photo but it was the best shot of the makeup
I'll try to get back into the swing of things and work on more projects <3
Thanks for reading,
Hachi
